Fish bait



L.. D. ADA'M June 2, 1925.

FISH BAIT Filed June 9. 1924 Patented June 2, 1925.

LEWIS D. ADAM, F JET, OKLAHOMA.

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Application filed June 9, 1924. Serial No. 718,947.

To allwlwm it ma concern:

Be'it known that I, LEWIS D. ADAM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jet, in the county of Alfalfa and State of Oklahoma, havelnvented certain new and useful Improvements in Fish Baits; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it a pertains to make and use the same.

y invention relates to new and useful improvements in fish bait and the principal ob ect is to provide an extremely simple and inexpensive device of this character wh1ch effectively simulates one of the large black bugs which inhabit a great many bodies of water, numerous kinds of fish being very I fond of feeding upon such bugs.

In carrying out the above end, a further 0 aim is to provide a body which is longitudinally divided into upper and lower sec tions, which sections secure flexible strips in place between them, with their ends projectmg to simulate legs.

A further aim is to provide a construction in which the upper and lower sections of the body secure the shank of a hook, so as to connect such hook with the bait.

A still further aim is to so construct and so associate the upper and lower sections of the body as to cause them to direct the legformi'ng portions of the flexible strip, downwardly and outwardly in a very realistic manner.

With the foregoing in view, the invention resides in the novel subject matter hereinafter described and claimed, the description being supplemented by the accompanying drawing. r

Figure 1 is a top plan view.

Figure 2 is a bottom lan view.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view on line 3+3 of Fig. 1.

Figures 4 and 5 are transverse sectional views on lines 44 and 5-5 of Fig. 2.

the exible, leg simulatin strips.

In the drawin above riefly described, the numeral 1 designates abody simulating that of a bug. This body is preferably of- -preferably formed of rubber.

- I the u per body section 2 is Figure 6 is a perspective view of one oftion 3, bothof which may be stamped in any desired manner to, simulate natural characteristics of the bug body beingre resented. In the preferred construction, t e lower section 3 is provided with a flat outwardly extending flan e 4 throughoutits perimeter, and this ange is outwardly stamped at the ends of the body as indicated at 5 to provide upwardly facing grooves disposed longitudinally. Similarly, the flange is stamped as indicated at 6 to provide upwardly facing transverse grooves at the sides of the body. A hook 7 is located at the rear end of the body and is provided with a forwardly extendin shank 8 which is received in the longitu inal grooves of the flange 4, said shank bein preferably provided at its front end Wil an eye 9, although it might if desired be equipped with other provision for connecting a. line, thereto. The transverse ooves of the flange 4 receive the interme iate portions of a plurality of flexible strips 10 which are The end portions 11 of the strips 10 preferably diver e rearwardly to represent legs. Due to t e construction described below, these ortions 11 are also caused to decline outwar 1y .from the body.

The upper section 2 of the body 1 rests on the lower section3 and holds the strips 10 and the shank 8 in place, said upper section preferably having tongues 12 bent around the flange 4 to tightly secure the two sections together. If desired, the seam between these sections may be waterproofed so as to exclude water from the interior of the body, but this is not absolutely essential.

As shown most clearly in Figs. 2 and 4, referably of slight y greater width than t e lower section 3, so that the edge portions of said upper section will force downwardly on the leg simulating portions 11 of the strips 10, thus causing'said portions to assume outwardly declined so that t ey legs of a bug. I The device is extremely simple and inmore effectively simulate the itions with respect to the body,

expensive, may be rapidly and'easily manufactured, and will generally desirable.

Excellent results may be obtained from be highly eflicient and torepresent legs.

the details disclosed and they are therefore preferably followed, but'within the scope of the invention as claimed, minor changes may of course .be made.

I claim: 1

' 1. A fish bait comprising a hollow elongated body horizontally. divided into upper and lower sections which are seen together, and transverse flexible strips between the two body sections and projecting lat erally therefrom, said upper section be ngof slightly greater width than the lower section and forcing the projecting portions of said strips downwardly to inclined positions 2. A fish bait comprising a hollow elongated body formed 0 11 per and lower sections, the lower section avin flange at its u'per a horizontal sai flange being J 20 formed with ongitu mal grooves at the 'tudinal grooves, transverse flexible ,strips front and rear ends of the body and with transverse grooves at the sides of said body, a hook at the rear end of the body havin a forwardly projecting shank in said longi whose intermediate portions are ieoeived in said transverse grooves, the upper section of the bod beingI in contact with said strips and sha to old them in place, and tongues on said upper section bent inwardly around said flange to secure the two sections together.

3. A stmoture as specified ;in claim 2;

said upper section being slightly wider than the lower sectionsand forom the end portions of said strips downw ly to inclmed sitions. p In testimony whereof'I havehereunto aflixed my signature.

LEWIS n. 

